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April 19, 2006


 

 
 iBlog2 is now history.  We had more speakers (5 times more than that original 5 in iBlog), 2 separate rooms, and surprisingly, more attendees (a total of more than 200 sign-ups) than the first Philippine Blogging Summit.  The day was kicked off by Rebecca Mackinnon’s inspiring keynote and then the six tracks on everything we thought bloggers would be interested in (i.e., Professional Blogging, Media, Podcasting, Legal Issues, Arts and Writing).  Given that we scheduled this on a weekday, we were blown away by the number of people who trekked out to the UP College of Law for this event.

I spent the day taking pictures and basically running around like a headless chicken. My overall impression is that blogging is coming into its own in the Philippines.  We’re seeing more newbies, more dedicated bloggers, and deeper concerns about where all of this is headed.  I can assure you, the folks at the UP Law Internet & Society Program will be here to do its part.  We hope to mount iBlog3 either next year or if we can hack it, as early as the end of the year. 

 

 

My heartfelt thanks go out to the indefatigable team that put this event together.  Not everything went as planned but expectations were exceeded.  We’re getting the hang of this and we hope to do better the next time.

In the meantime, if you podcasted. blogged, posted a picture, or did anything linkable related to the event, please send us a shout-out (or email me at jjdisini at up.edu.ph) so we can link to it from the iBlog blog.

Thank you and see you the next time around! 

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Previous Comments

I definitely agree. Look forward to a better iBlog3!

Posted by Janette Toral at April 19, 2006, 8:05 am

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